Happy Feet - duet for bass saxophone & ukulele

Bass saxophone and ukulele duet : Happy Feet, composed back in 1930 by Ager & Yellen. Hein Overbeek - ukulele Bert Brandsma - bass saxophone Recorded at Hein's Place, July 24th, 2008. Assen, Netherlands. This was the last time we made a video using the Martin bass saxophone, since it is sold. Hein Overbeek & Bert Brandsma did a lot of gigs in their lives, and this was not one of them. They played in many legendary bands together, like : Het Fluitekruidt, Dutch Palladium Orchestra, Pax Jazzband, Fifty-Six, both were in the original line-up of the Dixieland Crackerjacks Marching Band, in 1994. All that may be true, but this was the very first time they actually played together with this instrumental combination. Before this, Hein used to play banjo and Bert did a lot of work on either alto saxophone or Clarinet. Jack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jeleń) (July 6, 1892 - April 17, 1991) was an American lyricist and screenwriter. Born in Poland, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old. He grew up in Buffalo, New York and began writing songs in high school. He graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1913 and after graduating became a reporter for the Buffalo Courier, continuing to write songs on the side. Yellen's first collaborator on a song was George L. Cobb, with whom he wrote a number of Dixie songs including "Alabama Jubilee," "Are You From Dixie?," and "All Aboard for Dixieland." He is best remembered for his collaboration with composer Milton Ager. He and Ager entered the music publishing business as part owners of the Ager-Yellen-Bernstein Music Company. Yellen also worked with many other composers such as Sammy Fain and Harold Arlen. Yellen's collaboration with vaudeville star, Sophie Tucker, for whom he was retained to write special material, produced one of Tucker's most well known songs, "My Yiddishe Momme," a song in English with some Yiddish text. Yellen wrote the lyrics which were set to music by Lew Pollack.[1] Yellen wrote the lyrics to more than 200 popular songs of the early 20th century. Two of his most recognized songs, still popular in the 21st century, are "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "Ain't She Sweet." Yellen's screenwriting credits included George White's Scandals, Pigskin Parade, Little Miss Broadway, and Submarine Patrol. Yellen was on the board of ASCAP from 1951 to 1969. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972 and the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 1996. He died in Concord, New York, aged 98. Selected Songs Alabama Jubilee (song) - 1915 Down By The O-Hi-O - 1921 There's a Garden in Hawaii with music by George B. McConnell - 1917 Glad Rag Doll - 1929 Louisville Lou - 1923 Big Bad Bill (is Sweet William Now) - 1924 Mama Goes Where Papa Goes - 1923 Hula Lou - 1924 Happy Feet - 1930 Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah) - 1924 I Wonder What's Become of Sally - 1924 Cheatin' on Me - 1925 In Your Green Hat - 1925 My Yiddishe Momme - 1925 with music by Lew Pollack and a huge success for Sophie Tucker. Crazy Words, Crazy Tune - 1926 Ain't She Sweet - 1927 Happy Days Are Here Again - 1930 Are You Havin' Any Fun? - 1939